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Ohio Casino Group Sued

OHIO – As reported by the Cincinnati Business Courier: "Cincinnati City Council member Leslie Ghiz today filed a lawsuit against the Ohio Earn and Learn Committee, the political action committee established for the statewide casino referendum that excludes Cincinnati, and against FieldWorks Inc., the Washington, D.C., company hired to circulate petitions.

"Cincinnati was initially included in the casino petition language but was later removed. Ghiz and other council members pushed for a casino site at the downtown site known as Broadway Commons to help spur economic development and boost tourism for the city.

"…But Ghiz alleges that Ohio Earn and Learn and FieldWorks engaged in 'underhanded an deceitful tactics' to ensure that a referendum including a Cincinnati casino site would not appear on the ballot in November.

"…The lawsuit, filed in the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, revolves around Ohio Learn and Earn's petition gathering process...'

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